The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-02-11
Our Washington Letter
From QUE Regular Correspondent.

lation is making this fact seems to be real
lied in both the Senate and House. Verv
little time has been wasted this winter ~
either. Indeed, the present session has
been an exceptionally ind istrious one.
In looking over the work Of the past
week it will be fonnd that some sppropra-
ton bills were disp med of-the railroad at
torney bill got through the S.nate-anout
a hundred pension bills were passed, (some
If which are the kind that the President
will veto,) and there we're debates on such
sui jects as Congressional funerals at public
expense. clerks for Congressman at public
expense, civil service reform under the
present Administration, ships, guns, coast
defenses, anC on other questions.
good deal of curiosity is manifest ID to
know what the President will do with the
case of the colored man from Albany whom
he has twice appointed to be Recorder Of
Deeds, and whom the Senate has twice re.
jected. The official notification of Mr..
Mathews rejection has not yet been sent to
| to the White House and, of course, the
President will take no action in the matter
until he is so inf,rmed. The commission
issued to Mr.. Mathews by the President
| after the Adjournment of the last session of
| Congress is operative until tine end
| Of the present session unless the Prcsi-
| dent should nominate some one else to sue.
( coed him. Therefore Mr. Mathews NAV
continue on duty until the fourth of March.
Ii the President SO desires he can then
appoint him again, and issue a commission
similar 20 that under which he now serves
which will be valid until the end of the
next session of Congress-, provided he is
neither confirmed or superseded. There IL
nothing to prevent the President from keep
ing Mr.. Mathews in Office this way until
the close of his administration if he SO de-
sires but whether it would be policy for
him to defy the Senate's opposition to such
extent is another question.
Secretary Manning will be subjected to
some very severe criticism in the House of
Representatives because of his reply TO the
resolution of inquiry sent him by the sill
yer men, but he will not be impeached, as
threatened, for his party in the House
would not allow the matter to 60 that far.
The authors of the resolution were much
nettled at the Secretary's attempt to show
them that they did not know what green
back was; that they did not know the diff
ference between = Treasury note which ia
now almost n thing of the past, and
greenback, which Is known to the law
United States note. This allegation of the
shallowness of their knowledge displeased
and they also consider Mr.. Manning GEN.
surable for previous official acts.
Consequently, at the Capitol, there has
been some consulting of books relating to
Impeachment, what it means, to whom it
applys, the proper occasion for impeach-
ment, and how to do it.
The Western men resent what they ca
the arrogance of the New Workers in as
Stunning that outside of the Empire State,
nobody knows anything about finance.
Said one of them, "These Treasury officials
look upon the members of the House as a
set of boobies" He said he would take oc
casion to remind them that the financial
system under which we were at present
working was originated and framed by
Secretary Chase of Ohio. and that it was
under another Ohio man-Secretary Sher-
man-that specie payment was resumed.
These are the hardest weeks of the wear
for the President. The measures that are
being sent to him by Congress demand
much careful attention, and the drafts upon
his time, politically and socially are very
pressing. The most prominent social event
of the week at the white House was the
diplomatic dinner, at which the represent
atives of twenty-three of the thirty friendly
nations usually represented here were pres.
ent.
With her customary good taste, Mrs.
Cleveland surmounted the difficulty which
presented itself in the wine to be served
to the foreigners. Her temperance pro-
! clivities on the one hand, and the courtesy
due the guests of state on the other might
have seemed antagonistic to person of less
TACT but she reconciled the two claims up
on her by distinguishing between her ca
pacity as mistress of the White House and